The screw in is called an "F" connector, the push in is a "Euro-Style" connector. Alas, i don't know what the connector is called otherwise. My Samsung tv/monitor/PC-monitor uses one. Don't care for it myself.

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Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your businessMy Home is where I park it.

If we were talking about only U.S. receivers, the second one ('F' connector) would be the one to buy. Since you bought multi-national TVs, it's not obvious if those TVs have a "PAL connection", or even if the PAL connector is different in size from the U.S. one.

I cycled down to radio Shack and swopped the connectors over and got 3 power plug adapters (at $7 each - should have gone the extra 200yrds to WalMart).

The new TV in the bedroom is now working fine.

I need to get a "bendy screwdriver" to fix the slide out bracket and the top of the cabinet (nidden from view) needs around 2mm shaved off it - but that can wait until we get back to the UK (the dockers won't be able to get the TV out as it is ).

Tomorrow, the large TV comes out and a bigger one goes in.

Still havent got the DVD Recorder wiring sorted, but have a few days to work on it yet - if all else fails, it can wait until we get home.

Paul

PS Tom - I only recently came across the Donations link at the top of the Forum pages so have sent a small offering. The forum (and everyone's contributions) has been invaluable to us over the past 2 years - and hopefully for a few more to come

Glad to hear things are getting sorted out before you leave and that, what aren't fixed, can be fixed when you get back to the UK. I must admit that I'm a little envious of your return trip.

I just watched the recording of Wales' defeat of England in the 6 nations rugby tournament at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff last Saturday. I suppose that the wall of sound from 50,000+ singing voices is a bit of a disadvantage to any visiting team. Unfortunately, neither team has much to brag about this year.

Appreciate the donation - more by email.

Many of us have appreciated reading about your challenges during your time in the U.S. Sorry that Chris and I weren't able to meet up with you and Ann Marie, but maybe on one of our trips to the UK.

Hope you have a great trip home and also hope you continue to visit the RV Forum when you get back. You have a lot of experience and learning to offer folks who follow in your footsteps. We also look forward to hearing about your experience when the coach arrives, how you get by the DVLA gauntlet and about your RVing experiences in the UK and Europe.

I've removed the large TV in the front of the RV and have encountered a problem.

The TV I ordered is a similar size to the one Ive removed - it is slightly wider but I had measured and allowed for that and it will be OK.

My problem is that the old TV had about 12 inches of it which touched the floor and then the rest was off the floor.

The new TV doesn't have any raised bits - it sits on the floor from front to back.

See the attached diagram I threw together.

You will see I have placed a double-arrow on the drawing.

This double-arrow is a 6" high board which runs at the back of the cabinet and is joined at each end with (what appears to be) just a few tacks - it certainly doesn't seem to be fixed securely enough to hold any weight or to keep the cabinet together.

See the attached photo of the board/cabinet.

In order to fit the new TV I need to remove part of that board in the centre - marked in red

It's not clear from the photos Paul, but that board at the back doesn't appear to be structural (i.e. the cabinet probably won't fall apart if you remove it or cut a piece out of it). The only other reason it might be there is to stop something (the old TV?) from going in too far. It's probably best to wait for Fleetwood's response.

Just for reference if someone with an Expedition reads this, Flletwood have just emailed me back :-

The front overhead cabinet is not secured in any way by the board youshowed me in the pictures. This is simply for aesthetics, and you cancut away a piece of this without compromising the integrity of theoverhead.

Im not sure how the piece of board hidden at the back of the TV is supposed to make it look good, but there you go.

I did email them back about the timber I found and will post the reply

Paul,Was the original tv an older picture-tube type? I'm guessing that the 6" piece of wood is there to, as Tom said, prevent it from sliding too far back AND to prevent it from tilting backwards when the front of the coach is pitching up and down when going over rough or undulating roads. The 'timber', as you call it, may be there to provide weight support and rigidity. But I guess it's moot, since you found a different set.

Added: By aesthetics, maybe he meant it would look better if the face of the set weren't pointing up towards the ceiling

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Karl (Cheesehead) Kolbus Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy cow ...what a ride!"

Just got an email from Fleetwood about cutting that timber - their reply is clear as mud

We are more than happy to answer any questions that you have, and willdo so to the best of our ability, but wanted to make sure that you areaware any modifications to your motor home are not recommended byFleetwood.

You will not cause a problem by cutting/nothing out the area that youneed for your TV. We would probably only notch out the area that youneed for space, and not cut away the whole piece. This is a support forthe cabinet that runs the entire length of the overhead.

I spent ages drawing a plan of the TVs and their position on the shelf - take a look at the earlier attachment and you will see.

They are both the "old style" - getting nulti-region in LCD/TFT would have cost as much as the RV

Paul

Paul,

Your sketch was perfect and I immediately saw that it looked like the old cathoray tube TV thats what I couldn't understand, in the RVs we viewed at Lazydays they were ALL flat screen LCD's ? have they upgraded the TV's in RV's in just 9 months?